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Suspects statements barred from shooting trial

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A judge has barred from trial some

statements given to police by a Rapid City man accused of shooting

and critically injuring another man last December.

Twenty-year-old Simon Torres is to stand trial late next week on

charges of attempted first-degree murder and an alternate count of

aggravated assault in the shooting of 20-year-old Shane Bordeaux at

the Lakota Nation Invitational basketball tournament.

Judge Thomas Trimble on Monday granted a defense motion to

suppress parts of Torres' interview with police. Defense attorney

Matt Skinner had argued that the statements came after his client

had made it clear he no longer wished to talk.

Police Detective Bill Parsons says that in the statements,

Torres confessed to the crime.

AP-NY-07-27-10 0809EDT

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